It's been said to me that I'm self-destructive because I'll walk away from things that are good.

The best bands kept making records and had this evolution, where by the end, by their commercial phase or sellout phase, the records are from outer space.

I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven in L.A.

Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be.

I like to find an artist who inspires me and get into their world and challenge them.

I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.

If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.